BBC Learning English - Limehouse Chinatown Limehouse 唐人街

　　Feifei: Leslie said their fathers were very seldom at home – ‘seldom’ 这个词的意思就是很少，他们的父亲经常不在家。

　　William: Their fathers were seldom at home because they were working or at the tea house, restaurant or club with their friends.

　　Feifei: 在二三十年代的英国，像 Connie 和 Leislie 这样有着一半中国血统的英国人，他们的生活是不是比较困难？他们有没有成为被人笑话的对象？

　　William: We’re going to listen to Leslie again. But before we listen, let’s have a quick look at some vocabulary. Incessantly –

　　Feifei: 不停的。

　　William: To make mischief -

　　Feifei: 调皮捣蛋。

　　William: To be called names -

　　Feifei: 被人起绰号， 这是个贬义词。

　　William: OK, let’s listen.

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　　Leslie: We played in the streets incessantly like children did years ago, making all the mischief that ordinary children make and we were not called names or anything else because we were different …And it was very rare.

　　William: So Leslie says that he and his friends ‘made all the mischief that ordinary children make’ and they weren’t called names because they were different.

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　　Leslie: We played in the streets incessantly like children did years ago, making all the mischief that ordinary children make and we were not called names or anything else because we were different …And it was very rare.